Liz faced the Red Sox on July 12 and they totally abused him: 2.1-6-8-3-2, 61. In his 21-game major league career, he has allowed 89 hits and 61 walks in only 81.2 innings -- a whopping 1.789 WHIP. More destruction should occur tonight.

Lester faced Baltimore about two weeks ago, on August 18: 7-4-1-1-5, 103.

Mike Lowell and Josh Beckett both seem on pace to return Friday night in Texas. Lowell thinks playing on Friday is "a legit possibility". J.D. Drew could come off the DL today, but he's not ready.

Dustin Pedroia scored 33 runs in August. Last night, he set a new Red Sox team record for hits by a 2B (he has 184, breaking Del Pratt's 1922 mark of 183).

FY has also stolen 17 bases in 18 attempts; his 94.4% rate is the best in the AL among players with at least 15 attempts. If he can maintain that rate, it would be the best for any Red Sox player with at least 10 attempts since 1956.

We've had a lot of this divided allegiance stuff the past month or so. Although I feel the same way about the heart/brain thing, I find my heart a little more at ease with Yankee wins knowing they're out of it.

I want the East -- and the only way that will happen is if the FKR lose, so ...

If the Yankees winning actually HELPS us, then it's a good thing. Winning a game or three might give some of their idiot fans false hope, but who the eff cares? They are dead and buried -- anyone with a brain can see that. We need Tampa to lose by any means necessary.

I understand the "Sox take the Card and the MFY finish as far back as possible" argument. It has its appeal, but it's not for me. Not yet.

Amy Chrome is all that. If you get into the Google apps it is even better. I have been heavily testing it all day and I haven't found it to falter yet. It takes firefox a step or two further. It's open source too.

Amy Chrome is all that. If you get into the Google apps it is even better. I have been heavily testing it all day and I haven't found it to falter yet. It takes firefox a step or two further. It's open source too.

This is pretty neat. I just wish the font sizes on the game thread and the text box were the same like in firefox. Game thread is too small, text box is too big.

Thanks, Andy, for the blessings and for the Chrome info. I use Gmail, but not much else, other than the Google Toolbar and search engine. But it is worth a peak. I have been reading other reviews as well.

LMAO. They showed the first pitches being thrown tonight... celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Harvard/Yale game... One guy one-hopped it to the mound, the other guy sailed it to the backstop and almost hit some innocent bystanders.